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Homing in on ‘Hot Dogs’
Homing in on ‘Hot Dogs’

This image is a portion of the all-sky survey from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. It highlights the…

Sharing the Light of Two Suns
Sharing the Light of Two Suns

This artist's concept illustrates Kepler-47, the first transiting circumbinary system - multiple planets orbiting two suns – 4,900 light-years from…

Two Planets of Kepler-47
Two Planets of Kepler-47

The two planets of Kepler-47, the first transiting circumbinary system - a system with more than one planet orbiting a…

Isaac Churns in the Gulf
Isaac Churns in the Gulf

This visible image of Tropical Storm Isaac taken from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite shows the huge extent of the storm, where…

Climbing In
Climbing In

Astronaut Scott Carpenter climbs into Aurora 7 ahead of launching on the second American manned orbital flight on May 24,…

Inspecting the Heat Shield
Inspecting the Heat Shield

Inside Hangar S at the White Room Facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Scott Carpenter examines the honeycomb protective material on…

Congratulations
Congratulations

Fellow Mercury astronaut John Glenn, right, congratulates Carpenter after his Aurora 7 flight on May 24, 1962. Carpenter had served…

At the Console
At the Console

Astronaut Scott Carpenter monitors the Booster Systems Console in the Mission Control Center during the launch of the Gemini 11…

Presidential Call
Presidential Call

Astronaut Scott Carpenter talks with President John F. Kennedy via radio-telephone from aboard the carrier U.S.S. Intrepid after his Aurora…

Liftoff of Aurora 7
Liftoff of Aurora 7

Carpenter lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission on May 24, 1962. It was the second…